"Obviously, it didn't work out. We got Gilbert Arenas, so that worked out pretty good. Kevin went and played for the Sixers."

-- The Huskies have won four of last five. The Scarlet Knights have lost four of five.

-- Series: UConn leads 35-14, winning 11 of the last 12 games including 66-54 in last meeting on Jan. 27, 2013 in Hartford.

-- The Huskies lost last trip to the RAC, 67-60, Jan. 7, 2012. Daniels remembers the game as much for the outcome as for his sideline "altercation" with an angry coach Jim Calhoun.

Calhoun grabbed Daniels on the sidelines.

"We took a loss in there and it was pretty tough," Daniels said. "The crowd was pretty loud in there. I remember me and Calhoun got into a little altercation.

"… We've just got to come out and play our game.

-- Top reserve: junior. guard Jerome Seagears (8.9 pts, 2.8 rebs).

-- A win would give the Huskies a winning AAC mark for first time this season.

-- Hot: Napier is averaging 28.5 points and shooting 10-for-18 from 3-point range in last two games.

Cold: The Huskies are allowing 70.8 pts in AAC games.

-- Daniels on the importance of tonight's game: "We've just got to keep moving up the standings. Right now, we're 3-3. ... We need to win games like this."

-- When asked if Ollie's instant success as a head coach comes as a surprise, Jordan said: "I'm not surprised. And he still has a 32 inch waist. I don't believe it. He looks great, man."

-- Ollie on Jordan trying to turn around Rutgers: "He's a tough person. He's been through a lot of things. He's not looking at it as a situation he's going to fail in. He's looking at it as an opportunity to succeed. It's his alma mater. And he's going in there with a mindset that he's going to turn things around."

-- Boatright is back with the Huskies after missing Tuesday's win over Temple because of his cousin's funeral in his hometown of Aurora,Ill.

"Great to have Ryan back," Ollie said. "I know he still has a heavy heart. We welcome him with open arms. It just gives us another dynamic because he's so quick. With his scoring ability, it just gives us somebody else they've got to scout. It definitely gives us depth in the backcourt that we need."

-- UConn is 9-0 when holding the rebounding edge.

In a related stat, Daniels has had two of his career best rebounding efforts in two of the last three games.